Amelia Poppy and Oliver James Steele

The jelly monster – note to self….video in landscape mode

I find it a bit of a nightmare to get Amelia’s hair looking in a decent enough state so that all the Mums at school don’t point at her and laugh. I was particularly proud of this mornings effort.

We went on the East Lancashire Railway steam day extravaganza. They had a points failure which meant we were sitting on a train that didn’t move for 20 minutes. All in all I found it to be a pretty accurate reproduction of how trains operate today.

Daddy, Amelia and Oliver went off to watch Nana Pat play hockey at Lymm. But the pitch was frozen and the game cancelled. So Oliver and Amelia played in the “jail” instead…or should that be “gaol” ho ho ho

Mummy had some work to do so Amelia, Oliver and Daddy went for a drive over to B&Q to buy some paint. Oliver also got a tape measure that he’s obsessed with…current whereabouts of the tape measure unknown!

Amelia and Oliver have a new cousin, Harrison. He was born about 7 weeks premature and came out of the hospital a couple of days before Amelia and Oliver pounced on him. He doesn’t cry, he just squeaks.

So the usual morning routine has finally been captured on “film”. Amelia heavily engrossed in Peppa Pig for the iPad whilst Oliver stares zombified at Ben and Holly on TV. Not entirely sure this is good for either of them but at least I can make breakfast in peace.

We all drove over to Wales to have a look at Nana Pat’s new caravan and to celebrate her 61st birthday. Grandad Paddy was paying for lunch which made the whole thing even more pleasurable. Oliver took a shine to Hannah’s chocolate cake and when she couldn’t finish it, he did.

We all went along to Ashton-in-Makerfield where a couple of Christmas fetes were taking place. We really didn’t expect something to rival Manchester’s Xmas Market but they could have at least picked up the dead bird from the bottom of the children’s slide. Still, Amelia and Oliver didn’t see it so it didn’t bother them…

Oliver was sadly suffering from chickenpox at the time so no halloween party for him.